Movable poultry-roost.



C; STONER. MOVABLE POULTRY BOOST. APYLIGATION FILED Nov. 12. 190e.

Patented May 18, 1909.

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C. STONBR. MOVABLE POULTRY BOOST. AjzPLIoATIoN FILED Nov. 12. 1908.

Patented May 18, 1909 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 Shanna @fw hun im La@ y roosts, and -it has Vfor lts object to provide a is vof extremely and so simple and inexpensive construction,

-easily and conveniently condition, readily remov ab e, and taking up comparatively little CORNELIUS STONER,

orlsroNY RIDGE, omo.

KO'VABLE POULTRY-BOOBT.

Nou.. 952,001.

Specicatlon o! Letters Patent.

Patented May 1B, 1909.

Application led November 12, 1908. Serial No. 462,367.

To -all whom it mcyconcerfn: 'l

Beit known that I, CORNELIUS STONER, citizen of the Stony Ridge, inthe count State of Ohio, have invente Improvements of which the following is'a specification. i.

' This invention relates to movable poultry device of this character which deslgned as to ke t in sanitary space inthe henne Another object o the invention is theprorovided with perches and supported on e s whereby the bod can be set at any pitc ablefso that the parts can vision of a roost consisting of, a body the le s being fol be #pac ed in a small spaceor shipment. p

4urther'object is to provide wheels on Vone of the legs for cleaning, for guiding the wheeling it into or out of the building.

With these objects in will appear as the description invention comprises the various ereinafter and f in the claims appended hereto,

In the accom anying the roost when set u Afor use.

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1g. 4 is a perspective ig. 7gis ade'tail .'ew sh between the front Vprop Similar reference characters 'are emp the'views.

Referring to a United States, residing kat of'Wood and new and useful in Movable Poultry-Roosts,

which are held normally off the floor when the roostis set up and which are lowered into contact with the floor when the roost is to be taken out ofthe hennerythe other leg serving as a tongue movement of the roost in view and others, as proceeds, the

novel features of Vconstruction andl arrangement of lparts which will be more fully described set forth with particularity drawings, which` illustrate one em odlment of the mvention, Figure 1 is a central longitudinal section of Fig. 2is a transverse section on ine 2.-2, Fig. 1`. Fig'.

erspective view of the front leg or' l'view of 4the Fig. 5 perch. Fig. 6 is a er` s ective view of the Aend of ons ofthe pero es," wing the' connection 'and the bracingrod. eyed to designate' corresponding parts throughout the drawingAdesigna/ces the body of the perch which consists `of two side members 1 which are spaced apart land connected together by spaced cross pieces form the bed for the bottom of the body. Secured to the body are parches 3 of an suitable construction which, as shown in ig. 6, are provided with pins or nails 4 ,that are adapted to enter openin bers-1 of the body, as s own in Fig. 1, so as to removably secure the perches in position. The bottom consists of strips 6 of ga vanized sheet metal of suitable length and width and igs. Zand 5.

The

anges 8, Fig. so as to cross piece 2' at prevent the bottom from sliding downwardly. he outer edges of the strips are bent upwardly into ilanges 9, as shown in F' 2, to {it against the inner surfaces of the si e members 1.. These strips body so that they can be washed by a broom and`water, lis-occasion requires, or the er1- tire roost'can be taken out of the building or hen house and cleaned by playin water from a hose on the bottom of the bo y.

The body is sup orted at its rear end by cross legs 10 which ave their upper ends secured to a horizontal cross piece 11 and these legs areattached to one of the cross members y age the end legs4 to fold backward the body when the roost is not set up. The rear legs 10 are held in unfolded positlon by a brace rod .13 which has one end r idly secured to the body A at the rear en and the other extremity connected with the cross legs by projecting through the same at the point where they cross and fastened by clamping nuts 15. On the cross legs 1() is a consisting of two sections 18'xand- 19.

2 that 55 s 5 in the side mem- 60 arranlged with their inner4 edgesloverlapping 65 upper tute the ottom are lbent downwardly into 1 eng) the top of the ody so as to are removable from the 2 of the body by hinges 12 which permit the 85 y against the bottom of u thereof horizontal axle 16 that is provided atits ends 95 10 bearing 100 permit the front prop or leg to be extended or contracted to vary the pitch ol' the body of `the roost. For this purpose, the sections Joverlap each other and are slidably connect- ,ed by collars 23 and the section 19 is provided y jacent the other end.

with spaced openings 24 in-any of which a clamping bolt 25 may be inserted, the said bolt passing through the top section 18 of tlie prop. The hinges 21 are so arranged that the rop can be swung outwardly to throw the ower end to the front of the roost so that the prop can serve as a tongue when the roost is moved from place to place when runnin on the wheels 17. The ront prop is brace( from the body by a rod 26 that is hingedly connected 'at 27 to the middle of the cross piece 2 of the body and is detachably connected at its lower end to the top collar 23 of the front rop so as to steady the prop. The lower endpof the rod 26 is fornied into a hook 28, Fig. 7, which passes through an eye 29 on the top collar 23 and the hook is held in the eye by a key 30.

A collectio trough C is arranged at the lower end of t ie body at a point directly uiider the lower edges of the bottom thereof and said trough is dctachably'supported so that the dro ings that collect t e'rein can be ireventeti) rom discharging on the floor an emptied from the trough into a receptacle from time totiine. he trough consists of a sheet metal bottom 31 that is closed at one end by a semi-circular head, while the other end is opened so as to erinit the contents to be emptied out of tie trough. 0n the head`32 is a handle 33 whereby the trough can be gripped in one hand, while the other hand is placed under the trough ad- The headless end ol' the trough rests in a rin f 34 supported by a hook 35 on the body A o the roost while the' o posite end of the trough is suspended on a ook 36 on the body, said hook engaging in an a ertured member 37.connected with the hea( 32. To remove the trough, the hook 36 is first detached from the member 37 while one hand is gripping` the handle 33, and thenthc other end ol' the trough is witl1- drawn i'rorn the ring 34 while thil trough is resting in the other land.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying draw. ings, the advan ta fes of the construction and of the method o operation will be readil a parent to those. skilled in the art towhic tige invent-ion appertains, and while l have described the principle of operation of the invention, together with the device which I now consider to be the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that the device shown is merely illustrative, and that sueh changes may be made when desired as are within the scope of the claims ap ended hereto.

Iaving thus described the invention, what I claim iss 1. A poulti roost comprising a body normally incline supporting legs at the lower end of the body an axle secured to the su porting legs, wheels on the axle normal y raised otl' the ground when the body is in inclined the lower end of the body and the said supporting legs, means for hingedly-connecting the le s with the under side of the body a centra prop at the opposite end of the body, means or hingedly-connectin the said prop to the bottom side of the bo, y, a brace detachably connected with the last-mentioned prop'and secured to the body, and perches secured to the body.

2. A poultryr roost comprising a bod normally inclined to the horizontal, a folllable leg section near the lower end of the body provided with ground wheels normally held elevated when the roost is set up, but which ground wiieels.coine into play to admit of ti'undling the roost wlienfthe rear end is lowered and it is desired to move the same from one )lace to another, a brace between the foldab e leg section and the body to hold said leg section in lixed position when the roost is set up and a second foldablelegsection near the upper or rear end of the body adapted to forni a handle when trundling the body in the manner specilied.

Il. In a oultry roost, the combination of transverse y spaced longitudinal members, cross pieces connecting said members and attached to the lower edges thereof, parches r secured to the upper edges of said side mein bers, and plates constituting a bottom and longitinlinally Vdisposed with their edge poi'- tions ovcrlapped, the u )per ends of said plates having downwardly extended llanges to engage the uppermost cross piece to retain the plates in position and the outei'loiigitudinal edge portions of the plate bein upwardly bont to engage the inner tare o said side nnnibei's.

4. .-'t poultry roost coiiipi'ising a normally inclined body foi-ined of side members, cross )ieccs connecting the side nieiiilicrs at their lower edges, porches secured to the upper edges ol' said side members, and sheet metal plates forming a bottoni and supported b said cross pieces, ainl having their up ci' en s provided with downwardly extender llanges to engage the uppermost cross piece, and having their outer longitudinal edge portions upwardly flanged, a trough removably fitted to the lower end of the body, foldable leg sections applied to opposite end portions of the body, and braces for retaining the leg position, bracing means between ieu lll!

ln testimony whereof I afiix my signature m presence 0i two vintnessest CORNELIUS STONER.

suetions in operativo, msitimi, Hurmw leg section bain f provide( with grrmmi hvuis normally he d elevated mid mluptvfi to be brougiitinto operativo position when theg Gisher end of the body is Iowa-md and iL is re- Witnusses:

quired to move the roost by trundling tht-` J. l). WEAVER, Same. l C. C. PARKER. 

